Collection

Our collection currently contains more than 100,000 works of art and design dating from ancient times to today. Of these objects, 1,694 of them are on view in the museum now. 84,382 of them are available online. There are 1,441 recent acquisitions. All of our collection records are living documents. They are frequently revised and enhanced.

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Sir Joseph Paxton

A Hilltown with a Church and Ruined Castle in Asia Minor (Turkey)

Arthur Rackham

Aladdin Widow Twankay, the Emperor, and Pekoe; design for illustration

Feliks Topolski

The Queen Mother's Procession about to Depart after the Ceremony

Philippe Auguste Hennequin

Recto: Allegory in Honor of Napoleon and the Liberation of Italy (Allégorie sur la Liberté de l'Italie); Verso: Female figure with male youth holding a torch in front of a statute